Tuesday, November 29, 2011

I bet I’m a no green thumb but I tried my
luck in planting pineapple. Good thing I joined the 2011 Ceremonial Pineapple
Planting of Dolefil. More than 400 management staffs of Dolefil were gathered
to fill Field 201A with pineapple planting materials.

Planting pineapple with Dolefil's MD Simon Denye

It’s the first ever pineapple planting for
the management team. One purpose for this activity is to make us all aware of the
hardship of our planters experienced each day to make a living, so that we can also
appreciate more their contribution to the company. By 2013, there will be a Ceremonial
Harvesting for these pineapples that we have planted that’s why everyone was
encouraged to take more photos for the before-and-after comparison when that
time comes.

As early as four in the morning, everyone
was gathered at the Central Station for the jump-off. The actual buses used by
the planters were also used to transfer everyone to the assigned management
block somewhere in Brgy. Polo, Polomolok, South Cotabato. Cold early morning breeze filled the air and
it added to the excitement of the first time pineapple planters. After the
opening program which was hosted by me and Mae Mae, the mob went to their
respective area to commence the so-called planting. We were given gloves and
planting iron to do the task. We were taught how to plant the pineapples
correctly as well. With cool OPM music as the background, we we’re all in the
mood for this rare kind of opportunity. Read: Magtanim ay Di Biro and Leron
Leron Sinta plus many more, we did dancing while planting too in our colorful planting outfits. After the
ceremony, there served breakfast called pastel in chicken and pork flavor plus
Dole Juices to refresh our body in full sweat.

Early morning set-up with my co-host Mae Mae

Planting pineapple is not that easy

With my General and Admin Services Family

Chicken and pork pastel for breakfast

Despite the fun, I can never deny that
planting is all-sweat, energy-draining activity. While we did just 50 plantings
each, a regular planter does up to 5,000 plantings in a day. Though pineapple
planting is never too easy, at the end of the day there’s a sense of pride that
one day, there comes the harvest, each one of us contributed to the success
story of Dolefil.